Funding success


‘We raised £9,670 to make school parking safer!’


‘Road safety is an issue for every school, but after several near misses, I started a campaign to reduce congestion and improve safety and address driver behaviour. We began by surveying families about their driving habits – after receiving more than 200 responses, we were able to pick out the main issues on which to focus. We had already tried a number of initiatives,


including new markings in the car park, extending the bus route and a walk-to-school week. On the back of this, we were able to successfully apply for a grant of £7,650 from the Big Lottery Fund. As this didn’t uite full our £9,500 target,


a parent directed me to crowdfunder.co.uk. Setting up the campaign was easy – I just had to create an account and add information, photos and a target. There was also the option to add rewards, which of course had to be a lollipop! The campaign received a fantastic response


from the whole community, from parents to local companies. The biggest boost was from AXA Insurance, which runs a fund for road safety campaigns and gave us £1,000 in match funding! It took us four weeks to raise £2,020. We kept


up engagement with supporters through regular updates plus a lot of promotion on social media. The entire campaign took six months, but it could


be done more quickly if you’re not as busy as us! A few weeks after getting the nal donations


through, all the money had been spent! We’ve invested in community workshops, 800 books of subsidised bus tickets, a sticker reward system for each class and 2,000 codes of conduct. We have also purchased high-vis vests so that the older children can become an active part of the solution. We plan to have them patrol the path outside school – with adult supervision – carrying wipe-clean lollipops that they can write their own messages on as a visible reminder to drive safely. Everyone has loved being part of the project,


and the children have learnt new skills by being involved in solving the problem.’ Zoë Howard, parent, St Mewan Community Primary School, St Austell, Cornwall (451 pupils)


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‘We’ve raised £40,000 for a forest school’


‘Concerned that some of our pupils do not have access to gardens at home and spend limited time outside, we wanted to turn our bare eld into a forest school space. To date we have raised over £40,000 from nine


different sources. Our biggest boost was a grant for £14,950 from the Arts Council. We applied in November 2016 and were initially rejected, but we reapplied successfully in December after the Arts Council helped us enhance our bid by getting ten local artists involved in the project. The design was completed with input from


children, parents, governors, staff and the wider community. I created a moodboard with key areas: den-building, nature and wildlife, land art, climbing and a dry riverbed. These ideas were then taken to the designer for the plans to be drawn up. Working with other schools who have successfully developed forest school areas really helped the planning and evolution of the project. So far we have planted 100 trees of different varieties, funded by the Tesco Bags of Help


scheme (£12,000), and the dry riverbed has been installed thanks to a £10,000 Awards for All grant. Our PTA contributed £2,000 from the summer and Christmas fairs, and this has been invested in the willow structure and groundwork. Pupils helped with the planting, which was funded by the RHS (£500) and the Mayor’s Community Chest (£500). Although our forest school is not yet complete,


it is already being used daily for designing and making dens, outdoor music lessons and reenacting an Anglo-Saxon battle scene!’ Clare Campbell, Headteacher, St Charles’ RC Primary School, Swinton, Manchester (249 pupils)


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